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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-14
ABOUT THE CITY.
ADeeided Change.

The Secretary of the Treasury has or
dered new assignment Of rooms at the
Custom House, and the change will go into
effect during the coming week. The Sur
veyor and Collector will exchange offices,
and the Marshal will move up the corridor
on the east side, taking the room next to
the one occupied by Commissioner Forbes.
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Adjourned until 10 A. NJ. to-day.

Mr.. JOE WARNER will open the Post
office Exchange tomorrow with grand
lunch and concert.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-14

THE Garden" is cool and pleasant and
is now open to the public. The only beer
garden in the city is at 1900 Market street,
one door below Luke's Livery Stable.
Dron in
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A TRAMP's ADVENTURE.

On last Tuesday noise was heard in one
of the freight cars on the yard at Hinton,
and upon opening it q colored man was
found who had been locked in for seven
days From latest accounts DR.. Peck had
about gotten him resuScitated, as he was in
a rather delapidated condition from his
long fast. He had gotten in the car at
Kansas city-as tramp-and was locked
up without his presence being know.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-14

CALL at the Garden" one door below
Luke's Livery Stable, and drink cool
glass of beer. Soup lunch every evening.
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A MARROW ESCAPE.

John r. w. Cross was badly hurt near
Wilmoth's mill, Barbour county, last Sun
day. Mr.. Cross, with some five or six
Others, were on a truck belonging to the
Grafton and Greenbrier road and out for q
ride. At the point where the accident
occurred there is stiff grade and the truck
was running along at lively rate, when
on passing short curve in the road, an
engine was discovered standing on the
track few yards in front of them. The
persons on the truck not having the
means for stopping it, began jumping of,
and all succeeded in getting off with slight
bruises except Cross, who from some cause
jumped in front of the truck and was run
over by it. He was badly bruised up, bat,
little strange to say, no bones were
broken,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-14
RanniOn.

The Committee on Grand Army Of the
Republic met at headquarters last evening
and organized for the campaign. The in
dications are that the Posts of the &. A.
r. will he here in large numbers and gen
orally uniformed. The Committee on
Printing will meet this evening.
The Finance Committee feel gratited
with the success with which they are
meeting, and are satisfied that our citizens
will make the reunion complete success.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-14

GILL06LY--on Tuesday. June Il, 1887, 1T
2 O'Clock q. m, Is her residence corner Of Six
tenth and Jacob streets, Ars- Nkacr 6uLocLT,
aged rs years
rrrr,l.rsI li1tzna halasfloz e.
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Index to New Advertisements.
SECOND PAsE

SECOND PAsK
Proposals for Brick Work.
Wanted-Cook.
Proposals for Repairing Furniture.
For Cincinnati-Steamer Andes.
Proposals for Custom House supplies.
Decorated Engiish Tea SttS-EWing Bros
Wanted Glassware Decorator.
New England Conservatory Of Music
Exeelsior Baking Powder--R. H. List.
PoURTH RkGE.
ar. esseuine Of the ent sae' Exchanse-
nG,.r "a with their r
&c proper mo 3
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4eiu advertisements.

WY ANTED-A GOOD, ACTIVE BOY, FROM
w Il to Is years of age. Apply 70 WHEhL-
ING MATCH co. Junit
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Cheap Sunny ExcursIons ON the Ohio
RiVSr Railroad.
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Ne ae ChantaI Distribution,

Special train for the distribution at Mt
de Chanhal will leave the B. &o.depot to-
morrow at 10 a. m. No person admitted
7 on board without card Of admission.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-14

Our ladies' fine kid hand sewed shoes at
$500, equal to any $500 shoe offered.
j. HAsRNAUER.
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win open this day 500 Mems All
Wool Cashmere and Fine All Wool
suIts. which will close out ut $3.50 .
suit, worth sI2, and many other bar
gains RALPH KLINE,
Ia4O Main street.
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UNDERlARREST.
LEwiS BLANKINsRR Captured BIZ A
POSSE OF CITIZENS.
A Terrible Accident Horrible Sufanngs Of
Tramp-BOth Eyes BIindsd-Naruw
Escape Other State News.

Lew Blankenship, the man who is
charged with having outraged girl named
Meek, in jackson county, short time
since, was captured by posse of citizens
on Sandy Fork of Elk river, in Roane
county, and taken to Ravenswood. Popu-
lar indignation was 50 great that Blanken-
ship waived preliminary examination for
fear of a vigilance committee, and re-
quested to be taken to safer quarters In the
Jail at Ripley. BE was quietly run out OF
town and placed in Jail by the officers. The
crime which Blankenship is charged
with having committed is that of outrag-
ing the person of twelve-year-old girl.
Blankenship made his escape at the time
or he certainly would have met his death
in short order. Parties who are acquainted
with the circumstances say the man is moi
safe from the vengeance of the community
even in jail.
BLINDED IN A SINGULAR MANNER.
A lew months ago W. a. OCiUyt W
Ridgeway, Raleigh county, had one OF his
eyes put out by splinter flying from
stick of timber while he was operating
buzz-saw. Derby would not 60 to wori
at the saw again, fearing an accident Il
his well eye, but went to driving an OF
team, as about the safest work he coulo
do. A few days ago he was driving hi
oxen, when he struck one Of them with his
whip, which had hard leather lash. The
lash wound around the ox's leg, and the
tip end of the lash, piece of leather th,
size of pea, was snapped off. 1t few
into Derby's well eye with such force tha
it cut the eyeban open and destroyed thu
sight, rendering Derby Totally blind. Th'
same day Lewis Caughey, of Fairview,
consin Of Derby's, who also lost an ey'
some time before in saw mill, wa
driving a horse along the road, when
small stone was thrown by the horse
hoof. 1t struck Caughey in his well ey'
and put it out.
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rransrers of Real Estate.

The following transfers of real estate
were left for record at Clerk Hooks Office
yesterday:
A deed made June 18th, by Benjamin
Fisher and wife to the city of Wheeling, in
consideration of S., 647.33 for the south
half of lot 8, in square -, just south Ofthe
Star foundry, being part of the ground
to be taken by the extension of Seven
tenth street from Chapline to Market.
Also deed made May Sth, by Daniel
Lamb and William Erskine, special com
missioners, to Benjamin Fisher, in consid-
Grafton of Sc, 500, for the south half of lot A
in square ID, fronting 334 feet on Market
street, and the south half of lot 8 on
Chapline street, and in consideration of
81, 800, for lot in the Updegraff addition
to the city and strip Il feet wide of lot 3,
in all 81 feet IL inches on Chapline street.
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MBeeIiu9 Register
YESTERDAY IN THE CITY.
thermometer Record.

Thermometer Record.
Mr.. G. Schnepf, the Opera House drug
gist, made the following observations of
the temperature Monday; z a. m, 60;
8 a M, rs; - m, IS; p. m, IS; p.
m, 50. Weather clear.
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Attempt to Brain an Officer.

At an early hour Sunday morning an
unknown individual made desperate at
tempt to brain Officer Brinkman with a
brick, at the east end of FOrtieth street.
There was racket raised by two men, and
proceeding to the spot, Brinkman found
Joseph Healy very drunk. He put him
under arrest, when a second man suddenly
appeared and hurled stone at the officer.
1t missed him, but hit Healy on the head,
inficting q very bad wound. The I'M
known succeeded in making his escape.
Healy was taken to the Eighth ward lock-
up, where his wound was dressed. Yes
terday morning he got 81 and costs.
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IT WILL COST.
rHE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS
THE FLOOR.
Facts and Figures Relative 10 Street Paving,
10 be Submitted 10 Council
This Evening.

The Board of Public Works met ct their
rooms at the City Hall last evening, and
compiled some facts and figures which
they propose to submit to Council at this
evenings regular meeting. 1t viii be re-
membered that under the appropriation
ordinance, popularity known IS the Rob
ertson substitute, the Board was or
dered to complete the paving OF
Main street from Jonathan's Ravine
to Twenty-fourth street, save the
square between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets; Twenty-fourth street, from Main
to Chapline street; Fourteenth street, from
Chapline to Wood street; Seventeenth
street, from Market to Chapline street;
Eighteenth street, from EOff to Wood
street; Nineteenth street, from Eof to
Jacob street; grade South Front street, and
put down large amount of eurbing In the
Seventh ward. The Board has all along
insisted that the amount of money appro-
priated to the Board was not sufficient to
admit of the completion of this work,
and that if they should at
tempt to do what Council bad
ordered, there would be deficiency fol
which the members of the Board would be
personally responsible under the law. In
order to substantiate this claim, the Board,
a couple of weeks ago, after having the
City Surveyor go over the work, advertised
for proposals for doing the paving con-
templated in the Robertson law. In an
swer to this seven bidders submitted pro-
posals, and Of those the Board looked with
favor upon three. Kasley & Brooks
agreed to pave $4,000 square yards at
81. 16 per square yard; Carl Hamilton
agreed to pave Main street south
OF the creek, for S1.18 pei
per square yard, and George Lemons bid
81. - for the remainder OF the work, not
covered by the first two bids, or embraced
in the unfinished contracts Of last year,
which were at $l.26 per square yard.
Upon these bids as basis the Board will,
tonight, submit the following figures to
Council:
Main street from iona
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STATE NOTES.

A number Of sheep in Upshur county
were killed by lightning during o recent
storm.
On Friday last Mr.. John Shultz, an aged
citizen of Red Sulphur district, Monroe
county, accidentally fell backwards from a
wagon into the road, near Inside, and was
seriously injured.
A few days ago a little son Of Mr.. Jud-
son Skaggs, who resides on Wolf Creek,
sstIanroe count, aged aged four years, had his
hand caught in a corn shelter and dread
fully mangled. 1t was at first feared the
hand would have to be amputated, but at
last account the prospect Of the little fell
lows recovery without such such an oper-
alton was hopeful.
Margaret Applegate, of Hancock county,
through her attorneys, Ewin, Melvin and
Riley, of this city, and James F. Daton,
Of Steubenyille, has brought suit against
the Panhandle Railroad Company, claim
ing $1,000 damages She claims that on
April 18th, 1887, she purchased ticket at
Steubenyille for Pittsburg, but that the
defendants train was started before she
had n reasonable time to enter q car,
throwing Der from the hack platform,
causing severe injuries.
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80, -. 8 ~ S'z1' Pr, ''A'. -s-u' ;, l5Oo Market
irss- fsa-
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A dwelling house occupied by the Misses
Liggett, just west of Buckhannon, was
struck by lightning a few days ago and
quite badly wrecked. The lightning first
struck the chimney which goes through the
middle of the house, and then passed to the
roof, making two holes in the same, parting
and going down both sides Of the house.
The clock was knocked from the mantle
and was destroyed, q cupboard containing
dishes had its contents generally broken, a
door was knocked off its hinges, the casing,
ETC., being torn of. The lightning run on
down the side of the house by a window,
tearing it out on one side within one foot Of
the corner of bed, where Mr.. Benjamin
Miles, of French Creek, was sleeping.
Fortunately and almost miraculously no
one was injured, but the inmates were con-
siderably stunned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-14

Competing June IL, will sell excursion
tichs ,1.-'Ss-gdey until further notice.
WI yille at the low rate Of
81 Parkersburg and return.
81 d one day only. -
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A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Hamilton Wykle, aged about 40 years,
a citizen of Monroe county, whose mind
has been somewhat impaired from his
youth up, came to his death in shocking
manner on Saturday last, about 1890 p.
M, at the home of his father, Mr.. VIM.
Wykle, near the Salt Sulphur Springs.
The unfortunate man was grazing horse
which had Just been unhitched from the
pillow, and in some way unknown to any
one the animal became frightened aud by
a sudden plunge, it is supposed, threw
Wykle off his feet. In this position he
was dragged about $50 yards, 1.-THE rein it
is believed, being wrapped about his wrist
and was kicked to death by the frightened
animal before he became disentangled
from the rein. His face and body were
dreadfully torn, and the horses hoofs
were stained with blood. He was dead
almost before those who tried to rescue
him could reach him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03
HOW TO Be HAPPY.


Chserfuinees . Powerful Help Toward
Advancement In True Manhood.
If you want TO grow lean, cadaver-
Gus and unlovely, excite yourself con-
tinually about matters you know moth
ing about Accuse other people Of
wrong-doing necessarily and you win
find but little time to see any wrong
in yourself. We wish here and now
to inform all men Of irritable DISPOSE
tons that they will live longer if they
only keep cool. II such men want TO
die. We have nothing to say; snarling
win kill about - quick 8 any thing we
know"
In this emphatic style . contemporary
admonishes his readers. His points
are well taken. as the experience Of
every one in middle life will confirm
Living subsequently 70 the selfish
feelings must lower the whole organI-
zation: the irritated. disordered mind
deprcsses and dcgrades the physical
functions. Heart. stomach. liver.
kidneys. can not do their normal work
under such mental conditions. They
need the stimulus Of buoyancy. cheer
fitness and enthusiasm Hence, il il
that good-naturcd. hearty. cordial
people are rs rule. stout and well.
II i sheer folly to encourage a sullen.
carping. irritable. terricr-like habit.
One may be unfortunate. subject 70
daily vexations. but it makes the
situation worse to worry and brood
over ii. whereas by exercising the
faculties Of faith. hope. determination.
and even that q wit. he will the easier
adapt himself 70 the situation. and the
easier find ways 81 relief. People are
much more ready TO help patient.
cheerful man when in trouble. than
your woe-bcgone. soddcn-faced martyr.
The moral. religious and esthetic
elements are given us for the very pur-
pose Of making our life pleasant. and
he who does not bring them into nse
nj all times in some way. rohs himself
~ the best means 81 enjoyment; re-
| iccts the most powerful helps toward
his advancement in true manhood. ~
chronological Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

avail. IL : good shIsg he hsine
Eeonter think because he's got littlo
money now that he can run the whole
neighborhood- Rccolleck that pap said
thar was fool summers in the family
an try an not let IL be you"
Take kere Of yourself. Bill-Dick.
an Ill Try an come out al right !
notice that them that's allus frettin'
about somebody else u mighty apt
70 have somethin' wrong about them
selvcs-"
wall. We won't jcwer. Tidy. By
the way. Tidy, thar's goin' to be sort
Of shindig over 1t Milliken's Tuesday
night an I'd like for you 70 60 over
with me"
i've dan quit goin' to shindigA"
'yeu went 70 one last week"
"Bus I've quit sense then"
When Bill-Dick went into his own
room he fell on his bed and kicked up
his heels 'sOh." said he. 1.-THE Lawd
intends some folks for one think an
some fur another. ] oughter be = law
yer. an dog my buttons il ! don't
b'levc In skeer up law book sum-
mers an strike out Bet / be jedge
in lessen six months. Some feller
would say: Good nlornin'. Jedge Will
iam-D Dickson. how Is your honor's good
health. an Id make my neck stiff like
| it had . crick in it. an ahem, hem.
hem. time or two an tell him Far
to middlin'.'"
Bill-Dick remained away from home
until late hour Tuesday evening. in
order. As he unused. ITO give the foolish
young couple every opportunity. !"
When he arrived at home the house was
deserted. His sisters trunk and band
boxes were gone. and again he fell on
the bed and kicked up his heels The
night. 20 him. trod away with lead
weighted feet. Fifty times or more
did he get up and look out, anxiously
hoping to see streak OF daylight steal
ing through the woods. At last day
light came, and. waiting until the sun
came up out Of the distant creek bot
toms. he joyously set out for the house
Of his new brother in-law. The old man
met him at the gate.
"Good mornin'. Billie"
GOOD mornin'. Is Anthry up yits''
/ Don't know. Say. Billie, Tidy
wants to know eff you won't furgive
her an. femme see, thar's something
else wanted TO say. Oh yes. Anthry
went over to visit her Aunt Mag last
week an while thar now dom
cayort. Billie-while thar she married
Lit Sarver. the circuit rider"
"You internal old wolf!'
Hold on. Billie; don't cavort
Recolleck that won beef at shootin
match luther week What pity tina
you didn't have a nag an new saddle
Uncut have give you one but I've has
50 much trouble with my hogs lately.
ri Bill-Dick sat down on bench AM
. after = few moments Of deep media
, ton said: Pap allus said thar was
fool in the family an I'll be blamed
, | It haint hit on me "-Opie p. Read, )
: | Arkdssdw Traveller.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03
THE AMERICAN ROBIN.


Some Of me Hnb1ts ana Every-Dey Ae
o. This CHEEKY Blrd-Its Family Cares
Yesterday saw a couple Of boys
honest, well-meaning little fellows. but
oughtless-throwing sharp-cornered.
ugly stones at some robins that were
very busily and happily picking up
worms on the parade grounds Of the
Boston Common. 1t quite spoiled the
birds breakfast, I am afraid. for they
were constantly frightened from one
spot to another. 50 that they could
take no comfort Of it even when they
did get good bill-full. It happered
that had been looking ont for robins
all through this cold spring. and these
were among the first that arrived 1t
really was rather rough welcome,
wasn'ti.' Then thought to myself,
If those boys knew more about the
habits and every day life Of those red
vested birds. and 50 learned to love
them. they would want TO throw
crumbs instead Of stones; perhaps
they would even try to turn up the
earth here and there Gf the policemen
didn't catch them). and see how the
birds would gather round. and what
fun they would have picking up their
mornings meal.
The American robin has nothing to
do with the ..Redbreast' Of old En-
gland. I remember standing on the
shores Of beautiful Loeb Katrine in
Scotland. and. as I looked out over the
dimpling. hill-shadowed waters, having
my attention attracted to small bird
about the size Of sparrow. futtering
in and out Of bush at my side In q
minute or two had good look at
him. and then felt at once a If had
known him for years. For had ! not
time and again seen pictures Of him
carrying leaves TO cover the Babes In
the Wood. or lying pitifully on his back
with an arrow sticking straight ont Of
his pretty breast. or peeping in At the
latticed windows Of English cottages
with bright eyes exactly like those be-
fore me? Yes there was no installing
nv first real Robin-Redbrcast; and q
very different bird he was from the
stout-hearted. cheerful. Woodworking
thrush that we call robin.
So much for the English bird; and
now for our own again. "Ihrush'
said; for. as many Of you know. the
robin is one Of the true thrushcs. Our
commonest thrushes are: Song thrush,
hermit thrush. vecry. olive-backed
thrush. brown thrush. robin. cat-bird;
one for each day Of the week. II you
watch them you win see that they all
have the same general look; that they
have the same clear. sweet whistle;
that their nests are built in the same
general way Except that the robin
uses mud IS well As dried grass). and
that they generally run instead Of hop
ping.
1 A few robins stay in the Northern
States throughout the winter. but mos
Of them take pleasurc-trips to New
Mexico and Central America The
return soon after the first u March
and about four weeks later commence
20 build. We all know where to lool
for their ncsts--in the crotch or sad
died" on The bough Of an apple tree
OF low pine in the pasture just be
yond the tree. or low pine In I'll
pasture Just beyond the orchard
Sometimes they choose odd places 70
! home. have seen one on the linte
Of lhc front door Of a house, and an
ether 10 : decaycd cavity In : larg
fruit tgsA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03
THE CONGO RIVER.


rss Wonderful Expansion Many MEles
Above Stanley Pool.
At its mouth the Congo river Is Of
enormous depth. but only one hundred
miles or so above Stanley Pool. Captain
Braconnier said year or two ago ID at
..steam launches drawing barely two
and half feet Of water have to be
dragged along BY our menH H H
Johnston mentions the same ihct in his
description Of the Congo Our boat
i constantly running aground on sand
banks he wrote. 1t has an extracrdi-
nary effect to see men walking hail
way over a great branch Of the river.
with water only up to their ankles.
tracing the course u some hidden sand
bank Stanley. Johnston and others
attributed the remarkable shallowncss
Of the river to its great breadth in this
part Of its course; but none Of them
know how wide the river really il
above the kassai river.
We now have some new light on this
question. which is very interesting
one. because the Congo is next to the
greatest river in the world. and new
discoveries with regard 70 the river are
apt 70 be on large scale. Captain
Rouvier has been surveying this part
Of the river. and he finds that for a
distance Of about fifty miles the river
| is much wider than was supposed. Its
width. in fact. is from fifteen 70 twenty
miles. circumstance that has not
| been discovered before on account Of
| many long islands. some Of which have
| always been taken for one shore Of the
river. 1t follows. therefore. that there
is an expanse on the upper Congo
similar to and very much larger than
Stanley Pool. Steamboats, have passed
each other in this enlargement q the
river without knowing q each other :
proximity.
| II - easy to understand. Therefore,
how Il happens that the Congo II In
this place 80 very shallow, while n
narrow portions 81 the lower river nc
plummet line has ever yst touches
bottom Navigation in this part q thu
| Congo would be almost impossible
| were II not that here and there sound
| ings are revealing channels deep ans
wide enough for all the requirement.
of steamboat traffic. ~ y Sam
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

= Please name ny apple" she gayly ssid.
And held w the fruit that Was blushing red
While IN her eyes. - blue and bright
Therc shone roguish. laughing light
.. lust name Il some one whom know
Her winsome face Vas al agiow-
We sure. 700. that he's very nice.
II not. you'll have 70 name Il txice.
He took the apple from her hand
And said: \ don't quite understand;
~ al your friends know 90 few
really cant think who would do.
.. lust what 20 name it-let me SEQ
wish you would cnlightcn me,
And give letter - cue"
She pushed and answered, siyly: 70"
-Bosoa Bxdga.